Rafal Stepien is researching Indian and Chinese Buddhist ontology, epistemology, and ethics at Wolfson College, Oxford. He is the Assistant Professor of Asian Religions at Hampshire College and holds degrees from Western Australia, Oxford, Cambridge, and Columbia universities. His work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Oriens, Interdisciplinary Literary Studies and the Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies. His work and contributions have been recognized by organizations like: the Mellon Foundation, the Institute for Religion, Culture, & Public Life, and the Association for Asian Studies.